The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1977
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
6:42 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 671
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.6° / 179.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.44° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.20° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.48° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.